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capot

[kuh-pot, -poh]

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noun Cards.

the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.

Origin:
1640–50; < French (noun and adj.), designating or describing the player who has no tricks, after faire capot (nautical) to capsize

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noun, plural ca·pots

[-pohz; Fr. -poh] .

capote.

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capot (kəˈpɒt)

—n
	piquet the winning of all the tricks by one player

[C17: from French]

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